System, method, apparatus, and computer program for interactive pre-operative assessment involving safety margins and cutting planes in rendered 3D space
US9099015B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2012
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A procedure for pre-operating assessment of one or more anatomical structures generated from medical images and provided in a rendered 3D space, and an imaging system, apparatus, and computer program, that operate in accordance with the procedure. The procedure comprises providing one or more safety margin indicators in the rendered 3D space, each having a shape corresponding to that of a respective one of the anatomical structures within an organ and having a predetermined size of safety margin from the respective one of the anatomical structures. The procedure also comprises manipulating at least one of the shape and predetermined size of safety margin of at least one of the safety margin indicators in the rendered 3D space, and immediately providing a rendering in the 3D space of a manipulated version of the at least one safety margin indicator. Also provided is a procedure for defining at least one cutting surface to resect one or more medical anatomical structures using an imaging system.
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